...and you bloody well bet I'll be there for the ninth home opener whatever the weather - if it's going to be cold I'll just break out my old Expos sweatshirt. (Thing is though, what are they going to run out of this time along about the fourth inning...hot dog buns? straws? beer cups? bottled water? patience?)

UH, 20.05 is 8:05pm last time I checked! I think it's considered a night game!

And yeah you have to shiver and shake and wait for a Zimmerman Walk Off!

Is that at Nats park? That would be a fun trip but I hope that the cold weather and game time combo would bring down the ticket prices, in which case I'd go.

You won't have a problem getting cheap tickets regardless of the weather. The Yanks will draw a decent crowd but not that many people are willing to take a day off work for a practice game, particularly when most of us are taking off the following Monday for opening day.

You won't have a problem getting cheap tickets regardless of the weather. The Yanks will draw a decent crowd but not that many people are willing to take a day off work for a practice game, particularly when most of us are taking off the following Monday for opening day.

My supervisor already knows that Opening Day is a religious holiday for me and that I WILL be taking it off, no matter what. I put in my OD leave request the instant the schedule in announced in Fall.

Reminiscing - Getting to 2008's OD was a bit rough for me - I'd just had a rather nasty chemotherapy treatment 5 days prior and was feeling miserable. Plus I was bald cuz all my hair had fallen out, and it was cold cold cold. But there was no way I was going to miss that first game at Nats Park, so I bundled up my little bald head as best I could and got there. I was so weak and fatigued that I almost passed out waiting in the long security line to get in - remember POTUS was throwing out the first pitch so with all the high security the lines were terribly long. But we got in just in time! Sadly, I was way too nauseated to have a beer or a dog or other ballpark food, so I brought in a little container of plain white rice to eat - the only food I could tolerate. And still I had a fabulous time. If I could make it to OD that year and have a good time, then you'd better believe I plan on being at every OD I can. There's nothing like it.

My supervisor already knows that Opening Day is a religious holiday for me and that I WILL be taking it off, no matter what. I put in my OD leave request the instant the schedule in announced in Fall.

Reminiscing - Getting to 2008's OD was a bit rough for me - I'd just had a rather nasty chemotherapy treatment 5 days prior and was feeling miserable. Plus I was bald cuz all my hair had fallen out, and it was cold cold cold. But there was no way I was going to miss that first game at Nats Park, so I bundled up my little bald head as best I could and got there. I was so weak and fatigued that I almost passed out waiting in the long security line to get in - remember POTUS was throwing out the first pitch so with all the high security the lines were terribly long. But we got in just in time! Sadly, I was way too nauseated to have a beer or a dog or other ballpark food, so I brought in a little container of plain white rice to eat - the only food I could tolerate. And still I had a fabulous time. If I could make it to OD that year and have a good time, then you'd better believe I plan on being at every OD I can. There's nothing like it.

I take it the treatments were successful and you're feeling better these days? That's wonderful news ...

WPA - thanks for asking! Yes, so far so good - no evidence of disease. 2008 was miserable for the Nats and for me - 2012 was much better for both of us. If they go south this year, I'm gonna start worrying . . .

WPA - thanks for asking! Yes, so far so good - no evidence of disease. 2008 was miserable for the Nats and for me - 2012 was much better for both of us. If they go south this year, I'm gonna start worrying . . .